Post by Tom on Feb 1, 2024 9:33:40 GMT -5
The league portion of the schedule is half over
- HC is currently in 7th place. They finished 9th last year. Four way tie for 6th but lost out on every tiebreaker
- 3-6 through 9. Slightly behind last year's 7-11. Combine that with the fact the schedule is slightly lopsided to be harder in the 2nd half (HC has played 4-5 Lehigh twice, but not played 8-1 Colgate at all)
means reaching that 7-11 could be challenging but also a sign of growth during conference play
- One measure of what Coach Paulsen thinks of the freshmen is minutes
(overall/conference)
Nugent 594/248
Williams 525/241
Singleton 295/88
Wills 292/127
Ryan 147/46
Looking at the conference play as a trend vs the over-all, Wills and Singleton have kind of flip flopped in the pecking order, but Nugent and Williams still appear to
maintain the most favor with the coaching staff. Big guys at our level tend to need time to develop. Based on this ransom metric, Coach Paulsen would seem to agree
- Before the season I thought that Montgomery had a decent shot at making the 1000 point club. Losing seven games to a knee injury has turned that into a long shot
Kenney or Batch would now seem the most likely candidates to be the next member of that club
- I always expect/hope for a big jump between soph and junior years. Kenney has exceeded by expectations. Offense and defense. The fact that he is always paired up against bigger guys
while doing most of his work within three feet of the basket makes his season to date even more impressive
- HC is currently in 7th place. They finished 9th last year. Four way tie for 6th but lost out on every tiebreaker
- 3-6 through 9. Slightly behind last year's 7-11. Combine that with the fact the schedule is slightly lopsided to be harder in the 2nd half (HC has played 4-5 Lehigh twice, but not played 8-1 Colgate at all)
means reaching that 7-11 could be challenging but also a sign of growth during conference play
- One measure of what Coach Paulsen thinks of the freshmen is minutes
(overall/conference)
Nugent 594/248
Williams 525/241
Singleton 295/88
Wills 292/127
Ryan 147/46
Looking at the conference play as a trend vs the over-all, Wills and Singleton have kind of flip flopped in the pecking order, but Nugent and Williams still appear to
maintain the most favor with the coaching staff. Big guys at our level tend to need time to develop. Based on this ransom metric, Coach Paulsen would seem to agree
- Before the season I thought that Montgomery had a decent shot at making the 1000 point club. Losing seven games to a knee injury has turned that into a long shot
Kenney or Batch would now seem the most likely candidates to be the next member of that club
- I always expect/hope for a big jump between soph and junior years. Kenney has exceeded by expectations. Offense and defense. The fact that he is always paired up against bigger guys
while doing most of his work within three feet of the basket makes his season to date even more impressive
